Margaret Maskelyne
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Margaret Maskelyne was the wife of British colonial figure Robert Clive and a member of a prominent 18th-century English family that included the Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Margaret Maskelyne canonical | 5 |
| Maskelyne family | 2 |
| Nevil Maskelyne | 2 |
| Margaret Maskelyne (daughter) | 1 |
| Maskelyne | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T115128 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Margaret Maskelyne Context triple: [Robert Clive, spouse, Margaret Maskelyne]
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A.
Mary Horner Lyell
Mary Horner Lyell was a 19th-century British conchologist and scientific illustrator who collaborated closely with her geologist husband Charles Lyell on his research and travels.
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B.
Emma Darwin
Emma Darwin was an English woman best known as the devoted wife and first cousin of naturalist Charles Darwin, who supported his scientific work and managed their large family.
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C.
Francis Nurse
Francis Nurse was a respected landowner and community leader in 17th-century Salem Village, best known for his involvement in the events surrounding the Salem witch trials.
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D.
Susannah Darwin
Susannah Darwin was the mother of naturalist Charles Darwin and a member of the prominent Wedgwood–Darwin family in late 18th- and early 19th-century England.
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E.
Mary Howard Darwin
Mary Howard Darwin was the second wife of English physician, poet, and natural philosopher Erasmus Darwin, a prominent figure of the Enlightenment and grandfather of Charles Darwin.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Margaret Maskelyne Target entity description: Margaret Maskelyne was the wife of British colonial figure Robert Clive and a member of a prominent 18th-century English family that included the Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne.
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A.
Mary Horner Lyell
Mary Horner Lyell was a 19th-century British conchologist and scientific illustrator who collaborated closely with her geologist husband Charles Lyell on his research and travels.
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B.
Emma Darwin
Emma Darwin was an English woman best known as the devoted wife and first cousin of naturalist Charles Darwin, who supported his scientific work and managed their large family.
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C.
Francis Nurse
Francis Nurse was a respected landowner and community leader in 17th-century Salem Village, best known for his involvement in the events surrounding the Salem witch trials.
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D.
Susannah Darwin
Susannah Darwin was the mother of naturalist Charles Darwin and a member of the prominent Wedgwood–Darwin family in late 18th- and early 19th-century England.
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E.
Mary Howard Darwin
Mary Howard Darwin was the second wife of English physician, poet, and natural philosopher Erasmus Darwin, a prominent figure of the Enlightenment and grandfather of Charles Darwin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
18th-century English woman
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British colonial official ⓘ astronomer ⓘ family ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ human ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Great Britain
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Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| familyName |
Margaret Maskelyne
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Maskelyne
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| languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Margaret Maskelyne
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Maskelyne family
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| notableFamily |
Margaret Maskelyne
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Maskelyne family
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| placeOfBirth | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Astronomer Royal ⓘ |
| relative |
Margaret Maskelyne
self-linksurface differs
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Margaret Maskelyne self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Nevil Maskelyne
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| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sibling |
Margaret Maskelyne
self-linksurface differs
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Margaret Maskelyne self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Nevil Maskelyne
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| spouse |
Margaret Maskelyne
self-linksurface differs
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Robert Clive ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Margaret Maskelyne Description of subject: Margaret Maskelyne was the wife of British colonial figure Robert Clive and a member of a prominent 18th-century English family that included the Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.